Albany, GA | December 2, 2022 – Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital recently announced its latest DAISY Award winners. Stephanie Henshaw, RN, was honored in October and Ryan Caez, RN, was honored in November. The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by nurses every day. …
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Phoebe NICU Completes Quality Collaboratives Focused on Micro-Preemies and Antibiotic Stewardship
Albany, Ga. – Phoebe’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team recently completed a two-year quality initiative aimed at improving outcomes for the tiniest babies they care for. Phoebe’s team worked closely with other neonatology experts from eight hospitals around the country through the Vermont Oxford Network (VON). “You can’t move forward and achieve better outcomes without continuous learning. It’s …
Americus, GA | January 10, 2025 – Tomomi Colquitt, a Phoebe Sumter Medical Center nurse in the Cardiac Care unit is the latest DAISY Award Winner for her dedication to patient care. A recent DAISY Award nomination highlighted her efforts to ensure a patient’s comfort during a difficult episode of severe pain and cramping. According to …
Albany, GA | February 7, 2025 – Providing care to patients at the end of life can be difficult work. It takes a special kind of strength and compassion to work in hospice services, and at Phoebe, those professionals are joined by dedicated volunteers who offer support, companionship, and assistance to patients and their families during …
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Americus, GA | January 25, 2023 – Phoebe Sumter Medical Center recently awarded Raney Law, RN, with the DAISY Award. The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by nurses every day. According to the nomination letter, Raney, who works in the operating room, went …
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Albany, GA | March 2, 2023 – Three Phoebe Cancer Center physicians were recently recognized for their contributions to the advancement of cancer care in Georgia. Chirag Jani, MD, Adam Jones, MD and Troy Kimsey, MD were named as “Today’s Innovators” in cancer care by the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE). “This is …
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Albany, GA | October 2, 2024 – Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) in Albany and Phoebe Worth Medical Center (PWMC) in Sylvester have earned recognition for their commitment to lifesaving emergency cardiac care. The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) re-designated PPMH as a Level 1 Emergency Cardiac Care Center (ECCC), and, for the first …
Albany, GA | August 15, 2025 – Two outstanding members of the Phoebe Putney Health System healthcare team, Aedan P. McDonough, MD, and Lauren A. Swain, NP have been named this year’s Phoebe’s Physician of the Year and Advanced Practice Provider of the Year. Their dedication to excellence, compassionate care, and professional achievements embody Phoebe’s mission …
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Chemotherapy Treatment at Phoebe Chemotherapy uses specific medicines to destroy cancer cells. It’s the most useful method of attacking cancers that aren’t within reach of surgery or radiation, or to destroy cancer cells still remaining after these treatments. Chemotherapy is also used concurrently with radiation therapy. These “search and destroy” medicines are true miracle drugs, and …
Albany, GA | August 14, 2020 – The Phoebe Foundation Board of Directors approved spending $1,000,000 to purchase and outfit two mobile medical units to provide Phoebe the ability to deliver primary care, specialty care, and health and wellness resources to underserved areas throughout southwest Georgia. The units will provide a wide variety of services including in-person …
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Treatments Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that tells you something may be wrong. It can be steady, throbbing, stabbing, aching, pinching, or even debilitating. Other physical symptoms that often accompany chronic pain include poor physical conditioning, depression and medication overuse. Currently, the best way to treat the pain is to manage the symptoms. If the …